The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) amendments render all relevant ESI discoverable, regardless of format or location, with non-compliance penalties that could run into the millions. This has ...

Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) governs how discovery is handled in civil litigation. This includes initial disclosure of information and the scope of what can be requested and ...

While the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure don't currently account for the impact of discovery proceedings on data privacy rights, some proposals are trying to change that. With more than a hundred ...

The authors write "In this space nine years ago, nearly to the day, we analyzed the newly-enacted amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to e-discovery. These amendments included ...

Review the assigned judge’s individual practice rules and standing orders, if any. Review any relevant orders in the case. Check the court’s website under court-wide forms or the judge’s individual ...

The Federal Court of Appeals has reinforced the importance of properly applying criteria from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure when reviewing a party’s request for injunctive relief.

This week marks the first anniversary of changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which mandates the speedy recovery of electronically stored information. In the intervening year, ...

Michael is co-managing partner of the firm’s Washington D.C. office and chair of the office’s product liability and mass torts practice. He has expertise in the areas of product liability, mass torts, ...

Use of multi-district-litigation (“MDLs”) to jointly manage discovery in toxic tort and product liability suits involving the same subject matter but filed in disparate jurisdictions is ever ...